On 26 July 2018, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law “Remuneration of Officials of State and Local Government Authorities” with the first sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law […]

On 25 July 2018, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 4 and Para 5 of the Cabinet Regulation of 21 April 1998 No. 139 “Regulation on the Latvian Building Standard LBN 205‑97 “The Standards of Designing Masonry and Reinforced Masonry Constructions”” with Article 90 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” […]

On 25 July 2018, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the First Part of Section 1, the Words of the Second Part of Section 1 “on the level of pre-school education and basic education, abiding by the provisions of Section 41 of this Law”, the words of the First Part […]

On 11 July, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Ineta Ziemele met with the President of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China Zhou Qiang in Beijing, capital of mainland China. During the visit, presidents discussed the reforms in Chinese judicial system and the competences of the Constitutional […]

From 12 to 13 July, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova and the Assistant to the Justice of the Constitutional Court Andris Pumpišs will participate at the international conference “Constitutional Courts as the Safeguards of a Democratic Society”, which is held in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Andorra. […]

On Friday, 6 July, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participated in the high-level discussion on equal access to justice organised by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (hereinafter – OECD), the Court Administration and the Ministry of Justice. The discussion was opened by the Secretary General of OECD Angel Gurria and the […]

From 3 to 4 July, the Justices of the Constitutional Court visited the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. During the visit, two working sessions were held to discuss topics that were relevant for the Constitutional Courts of both countries. The first session, which was moderated by the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany […]

From 5 to 6 July, the President of the Constitutional Court, Professor of the Riga Graduate School of Law Ineta Ziemele will participate at the solemn meeting of the International Law Commission (hereinafter – the Commission) of the United Nations (hereinafter – the UN), which will be held during the annual session of the Commission […]

On Monday, 2 July, the Justices of the Constitutional Court visited the German Federal Court of Justice, where they met two Judges of this Court – Rüdiger Pamp and Gabrielle Cirener. The guests were informed about the jurisdiction of the German Federal Court of Justice and the proceedings before it, then a discussion on a […]

From 2 to 4 July, the Justices of the Constitutional Court will go on an official visit to the German city of Karlsruhe, where they will meet with the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and of the German Federal Court of Justice. The visit will commence by visiting the German Federal Court of […]